Pinterest Specials:Part Two

Always fun to celebrate a holiday out of order. These DIY ideas will inspire your creativity getting a jump start for the season. Linda and Bernie (crafter friends)  always bring new ideas to the lake. 

A perfect way to recycle your old holiday cards. You will need one holiday colored gift bag with handles (dollar store) one card plus scissors. You could also use same technique with a recycled birthday card. 
1. Add gift to bag.  

2. Cut a slit in card long enough and wide enough to fit over the handles of the bag.

3. Let card rest over bag and no need to glue down.

Bernie made us all early Christmas gifts

You will need
2 small Twix bars, cellophane wrapping, red ribbon and tag 
Wrap candy in paper and secure with a red bow. Tag reads: MERRY 'TWIX' MAS TO YOU!

You will need: 
a whisk, cellophane holiday wrap paper, red ribbon and tag 
Wrap whisk in paper and secure with a red bow. Tag reads: WE WHISK YOU A MERRY KISSMAS!

You will need:
a small flashlight, ribbon and a tag.
Secure a bow at one end of flashlight. Tag reads We love how you "light up" our lives. We've come to depend on your "glow". Here's a "flashlight" to store so you'll always be sure to create "light" wherever you go!
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Linda's creativity matched Bernie's with a DIY lunch bag. So clever.

You will need some sewing ability, leftover fabric, thread and cording.
Linda 's ideas came from this photo. 

Think of the possibilities for these bags with all the fabrics you can use. 
Here is the step by step tutorial she followed
http://ayumills.blogspot.com/2010/08/tutorial-lunch-bag.html

A bonus-inside the bag not food but 

a cute paper box (one of our previous years crafts) note on cover sewed on a button, and a necklace made from recycled old jewelry
It was truly all  truly a

 Day